Big Boy Is Here and He’s the Most Venomous Spider in the World
Scientists reveal the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, with Newcastle's "Big Boy" reigning supreme.
Tag: venom
Venom from an almost-scorpion is useful against hospital germs
Our war against drug-resistant pathogens isn't going so well. Pseudoscorpion venom could help.
Feisty bees make more potent venom, which makes for better medicine
Temperature and geographical location of the hive also have an effect.
Why mice have the potential to become as venomous as a viper
Scientists have discovered an underlying molecular link between venom glands in snakes and salivary glands in mammals.
Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite?
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. ...
Researchers repurpose wasp venom peptides as antibiotics
Finally, a use for wasps.
Scorpion venom protein might be used to ferry drugs to the brain
A brilliant way to use a natural danger to our advantage.
Venomous creatures could hold the key to innovative drug therapies
Specific substances from venom could be useful in devising new treatments.
Chinese centipede can kill prey 15 times bigger than itself — but at least now we have an antidote
Scientists finally discover how centipede venom works and find an antidote.
Fanged blenny ‘heroin’-like venom could be the next super-painkiller
Tiny fish, big fangs, huge possibilities.
How cobras developed their devastating flesh-eating venom
The cobra developed a crippling venom -- and it wanted the world to know.
A snake with the largest venom glands and known as the ‘killer of killers’ might help us make the best painkillers
You often have to look in peculiar (and dangerous) places for innovation.
New paper finds WO virus has stolen the Black Widow’s venom gene
One of the most successful bacteria species on Earth is now hunted by venom-wielding-viruses.
First species of venomous frog found in Brazil
The first venomous (yes, venomous - not poisonous) frog was discovered in Brazil by mistake. A frog head-butted Carlos Jared in ...
New painkillers could be made out of the venom of a killer snail
Cone snails have one of the most dangerous venom in the animal kingdom. This complex venomous soup is made up ...
How antivenom is made and why it’s so darn expensive
Some 100,000 people die each year from venomous snakes bites. Most die because there's not enough antivenom.
A component from scorpion and honeybee venom stops cancer growth
Scorpion toxins may soon be useful as anticancer drugs. Credit: Courtesy of Dipanjan Pan The difference between a poison and ...
Black mamba venom – more effective than morphine
I know this sounds much like a joke, how black mamba venom can really ease you of your pain - ...
Bee venom could be used to detect explosives and pesticides
A remarkable MIT research has found that by coating carbon nano-tubes with bee venom they can create incredibly faithful sensor ...
Octopus with venom that works in freezing temperatures discovered
Boy, you just can't have enough octopus, that's for sure - they're really amazing creatures, that often surprise us. Now, ...
The deadliest creature in the world
So, microorganisms and other humans aside, what do you think is the deadliest creature in animal kingdom? A snake, perhaps ...
Komodo dragons are venomous
The Komodo dragon is definitely one of the most impressive and dangerous creatures to roam the Earth. Reaching 3 metres ...
